Herd of Pure-Bred Herefords 



Improved Live Stock 



During the last few years improved blood has been introduced into the State 

 on a very large scale. Where the "scrub bull" was once monarch of all he surveyed, 

 the pure-bred Shorthorn, Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, Holstein and Jersey may 

 now be found of the very best breeding and blood lines. State-wide tick eradi- 

 cation has made possible the bringing of breeding stock from Northern and West- 

 ern states with the same assurance of safety that may be felt in shipping to any 

 part of the United States. The winnings of Mississippi animals at the Royal and 

 International Shows indicate the class of stock which is being bred in the State. 

 Sales of pure-bred stock, hogs and beef cattle recently held within the State have 

 broken world's records for prices, and the very best animals in these sales were 

 purchased by progressive farmers in Mississippi. At the leading pure-bred sales 



3d Hereford Bull on a Mississippi Stock Farm 

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